Susan Estrich: Week of political stops, starts

2:46 AM,
Jul. 5, 2013

Written by

Susan Estrich

The most obviously political was the Senate's passage of "landmark" immigration reform. It is landmark, no question of that. But no one gives it any chance of becoming law, which raises the question of why its passage really matters, except politically.

The answer is that when it comes to immigration reform, it's all politics. ...